Fairy tales, fables and folk tales

The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Good

Intermediate

15 min read

There was once a horrible Vampire who took the form of a handsome young man and went to the house of an old woman who had three daughters and pretended he wanted to marry the oldest. “I live far from here,” the Vampire said. “I own my own farm and am well-to-do and in marrying […]

The Little Gray Man

Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books
German

Advanced

8 min read

A nun, a countryman, and a blacksmith were once wandering through the world together. One day they lost their way in a thick, dark forest, and were thankful when they saw, in the distance, the walls of a house, where they hoped they might obtain refuge for the night. When they got close to the […]

The Frog Princess

The Chinese Fairy Book
Chinese

Intermediate

15 min read

There where the Yangtze-kiang has come about half-way on its course to the sea, the Frog King is worshiped with great devotion. He has a temple there and frogs by the thousand are to be found in the neighborhood, some of them of enormous size. Those who incur the wrath of the god are apt […]

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